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The flame trees of Thika [videorecording] / A & E Television Networks ; Thames ; Fremantle Media ; in association with Consolidated Productions, Ltd. ; Euston Films ; directed by Roy Ward Baker.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Huxley, Elspeth, 1907-1997.
- Huxley, Elspeth.
- Kenya--Social life and customs--1895-1963--Drama.
- Kenya.
- Country life--Kenya--Drama.
- Country life.
- Genre:
- Television mini-series.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (353 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Burlington, VT : A & E Home Video ; New York, NY : New Video, [2005]
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital stereo.
- Summary:
- A young girl and her parents journey to the unspoiled wilderness of East Africa in 1913 where they struggle to transform a rugged plot of land into a farm.
- Contents:
- disc 1. The promised land, Hyenas will eat anything ; Happy new year ; Friends in night places
- disc 2. Real sportsman ; Safari ; The drums of war.
- Participant:
- Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird, Nicholas Jones, Sharon Maughan, Ben Cross, Mick Chege, John Nettleton, Steve Mwenesi.
- Credits:
- Directed by Roy Ward Baker ; dramatized by John Hawkesworth ; producers, John Hawkesworth, Christopher Neame ; executive producer, Verity Lambert.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Originally broadcast on television in 1981.
- Based on the beloved memoir by Elspeth Huxley.
- Special features: Elspeth Huxley biography and bibliography; cast biographies.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 076707890X
- 9780767078900
- 0767078918
- 9780767078917
- 0767078926
- 9780767078924
- OCLC:
- 57546447
- Publisher Number:
- 733961718256
- AAE-71825 A & E Home Video
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